Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy
Leviticus 19:2
Imagine. Imagine what life would be like if we saw ourselves as "holy people who have sinned" instead of "sinners who are trying to become holy". Imagine how the world would be different if we treated one another and all of God's creation as holy. Imagine.
We have been created in the image of God. God is holy and consequently, we too, are holy. Yes, indeed, we are human and through our power to choose, we act in ways that do not honor our holiness or the holiness of others a/k/a sin. But our choices in behavior do not change our innate being. A man by the name of Kent Wilson puts it this way " We are holy in our standing before God, but we are only progressively becoming holy in our thinking, our actions, and our dispositions as we struggle with sin each day." The challenge in our spiritual journey is to learn to live into the holiness that God has gifted to us.
Jesus is the divine gift that will help us on this journey. His life is an example of how we can live into our holiness, how we can match our thoughts and actions with who we are. He shows us how to love God, love ourselves, and love our neighbors. His story shows the struggles of being human and the gift of being one with God. His death and resurrection shows us the depth of his love for us and the promise that we will not have to journey alone.
Today, let us hold tight to the knowledge that we are holy. Let us strive today to see this truth, grasp it, believe it, and show it to the world. Then we won't have to image the change in the world, we will see it.
Prayer: Holy God, you have created us in your image, yet we so often forget that we are created holy. Help us to look at ourselves and our world with a new perspective; a perspective that sees first the love in which we were created and invited to live. Then, God, guide us into acting out that holiness so that the world may also know of your unending, freely given, powerful love.
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